Xavier coach Chris Mack isn’t about to let the victims in the Newtown, Conn., be forgotten.

Instead of their traditional white home uniforms with blue trim, the Musketeers wore green and white jerseys. The uniforms had "Sandy Hook” stitched across the jersey front and the school's eagle mascot was visible on the lower left front of the shorts.

"We decided to do this a couple days ago,” Mack said. "My good friend Pat Kelsey at Winthrop was very eloquent about what happened. I'm a young daddy with first- and second-grade girls. I have been deeply impacted by the senseless killings just over a week ago. I cannot possibly imagine how the families are coping with their loss during this Christmas season.”

It wasn’t a unique idea, but it was a nice gesture. Earlier in the week, Providence took the floor in the colors of Sandy Hook Elementary with the words “Sandy Hook” on the backs of the jerseys instead of the players’ names.

For all the good karma Xavier earned with the sentiment, it didn’t help the Musketeers on the court Saturday. Xavier lost 56-55 to Wofford, the team’s third defeat in its last four outings.

"The first time I saw the jersey in the locker room, I thought it was great,'' senior Travis Taylor said. "It shows we care about what's going on in the world.''

Kelsey, a former Xavier assistant, is in his first season as head coach at Winthrop. Following a loss to Ohio State last week, Kelsey gave an impassioned plea for government and private leaders to act soon to prevent further massacres such as the one at Sandy Hook that left 20 children and six adults dead at the school.